The plant metallothionein 2 from Cicer arietinum forms a single metal-thiolate cluster

• Published in: Metallomics Vol. 1; no. 6; p. 489
• Main Authors: Wan, Xiaoqiong, Freisinger, Eva
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.11.2009
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Base Sequence; Cadmium - chemistry; Cadmium - metabolism; Chromatography, Gel; Cicer - chemistry; Cicer - metabolism; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Metalloproteins - chemistry; Metalloproteins - metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Plant Proteins - chemistry; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Protein Stability; Recombinant Proteins - chemistry; Recombinant Proteins - metabolism; Sequence Alignment; Silver Staining; Sodium Chloride; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; Sulfhydryl Compounds - chemistry; Sulfhydryl Compounds - metabolism; Zinc - chemistry; Zinc - metabolism

The plant metallothionein 2 from Cicer arietinum (chickpea; cicMT2) is a typical member of this subfamily and features two cysteine-rich regions containing eight and six cysteine residues, respectively, separated by a linker region 41 amino acids in length. This metallothionein thus differs signific...